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P95 latency: What it is, why averages lie & how to reduce it

calendar_today April 19, 2026 person Jim Allen Wallace domain redis

Average latency is easy to measure and easy to misread. A healthy-looking mean can coexist with a significant share of requests that are far slower, and those are the ones users actually notice. P95 cuts through that.

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